Resident Advisor (External Sector Statistics) (AFRITAC CENTRAL)

Overview

Provide technical assistance and training in external sector statistics for multiple countries.

You have:

• A post-graduate university degree in a relevant discipline (statistics, economics, finance, business administration, mathematics or other relevant fields).
• A minimum of 10 years of practical experience in compiling and disseminating balance of payments, IIP, and external debt statistics.
• Strong analytical and technical skills on ESS compilation and methodology.
• Experience negotiating with country authorities.
• Strong influencing, diplomatic and interpersonal skills, and a drive for results.
• Sound French oral and written communication skills.
• Sound English oral and written communication skills.
• A willingness to travel extensively to the project beneficiary countries.
• Experience in organizing and conducting training courses and workshops.
• Demonstrated project management skills.
• Knowledge of macro-relevant external sector issues specific to the region.
• Fluency in Portuguese would be a plus but is not a requirement.

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The IMF Statistics Department (STA) has an opening for a Resident Advisor on External Sector Statistics (ESS) for a new project financed by the Data for Decisions Fund for improving the ESS in Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Republic of Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, and Sao Tome and Principe. The selected candidate for this position will develop capacities in these countries to compile and disseminate ESS based on the Balance of Payments and International Investment Position Manual, sixth edition (BPM6). The Resident Advisor will be based in Libreville, Gabon where the IMF Central Africa Regional Technical Assistance Center (AFC) is located and will work in a team environment in AFC and in close coordination with staff in STA’s Balance of Payments Division at the IMF Headquarters. The Resident Advisor’s initial appointment will be for one year with the possibility of extensions subject to performance, business needs and funding. Ideally, the successful candidate would assume the position in October 2023.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The Resident Advisor will be primarily responsible for providing and overseeing technical assistance (TA) and training in ESS with the objective of strengthening the beneficiary countries’ capacity to compile and disseminate accurate and reliable ESS for decision making.

Areas of work include:

• Organizing and delivering TA missions and regional workshops in ESS;
• Managing and backstopping short-term experts’ TA missions on balance of payments, international investment position (IIP), external debt, international reserves, remittances, and other ESS;
• Facilitating activities carried out by, and promoting collaboration among, government and regional agencies in the development of such statistics;
• Coordinating TA activities with the module manager of the project (based in the IMF Headquarters), relevant IMF departments, and, where appropriate, other international and regional agencies providing TA in ESS;
• Maintaining the IMF’s Results-Based Management (RBM) log frames outlining program objectives and specific outputs for the beneficiary countries;
• Collaborating with AFC resident advisors with a view of building synergies in different TA areas supported by AFC.

The Resident Advisor will work under the direction of STA’s Balance of Payments Division and collaborate with the AFC Director.

QUALIFICATIONS:

The successful candidate must have:

• A post-graduate university degree in a relevant discipline (statistics, economics, finance, business administration, mathematics or other relevant fields);
• A proven record of strong analytical and technical skills on ESS compilation and methodology;
• A minimum of 10 years of practical experience in compiling and disseminating balance of payments, IIP, and external debt statistics;
• Experience negotiating with country authorities;
• Strong influencing, diplomatic and interpersonal skills, and a drive for results;
• Sound French oral and written communication skills;
• Sound English oral and written communication skills;
• A willingness to travel extensively to the project beneficiary countries.

The successful candidate should be able to develop and maintain effective relations with national authorities at a senior level and effectively transfer technical knowledge. Experience in organizing and conducting training courses and workshops; demonstrated project management skills; and a knowledge of macro-relevant external sector issues specific to the region are strong assets. Fluency in Portuguese would be a plus but is not a requirement.

Department:

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